PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin woke up Sunday, sent a text message to Dan Bylsma and told the Penguins coach he was good to go after missing nine games because of an ailing left leg.

And it sure looked like he was ready.

Malkin scored twice and had an assist, helping the Penguins rally past Winnipeg 6-5 to extend their home winning streak to 12 straight.

Pittsburgh becomes the first NHL team with 12 consecutive home wins in back-to-back seasons, Elias Sports said.

James Neal also had two goals and an assist, and Jussi Jokinen scored for the third time in the past two games as Pittsburgh's second line kept the Penguins in it until Matt Niskanen's slap shot with 7:22 remaining won it.

"It's always a big boost when you get a guy like (Malkin) back," Neal said. "Myself and Jussi were obviously excited. We try to feed off that. It looked like he didn't miss a beat out there. He was his normal self."

Coach Dan Bylsma won his 232nd game with Pittsburgh, moving into a tie with Eddie Johnston for the most victories in franchise history.

Evander Kane had two goals and an assist for the Jets, who have lost their past 13 games in Pittsburgh.

"Every time we come in here, it's the same," coach Claude Noel said. "And they gave us five goals, so it's not like they were putting on a clinic."

Discipline roundup: Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers has a hearing today for a hit to the head of Devils center Dainius Zubrus on Saturday. Myers received a minor penalty. Zubrus remained in the game.

Around the league: Two days before the announcement of the Canadian Olympic, two expected members were out with injuries. Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo wasn't on the bench against the Ducks, hurt in a collision with the Kings' Dustin Brown on Saturday in his return from another injury. Hurricanes center Eric Staal was announced out for five or six days after leaving Saturday's game against the Islanders with a lower-body injury. … The Canucks signed Rob Laurie, 43, to a tryout contract to back up Eddie Lack against the Ducks. Laurie made his NHL debut last season, serving as a Ducks backup for one game.

There is a reason why the air in Tampa Bay is filled with playoff talk. If Thursday night's 12-8 Bucs preseason win over the Jaguars is any indication, it's also going to be filled with footballs thrown by quarterback Jameis Winston.

TORONTO — Two pitches RHP Chris Archer didn't execute are the ones that stood out Thursday as Josh Donaldson hit them out of the park. But the two solo home runs aside, Archer turned in a sterling outing that went atop the pile of good pitching the Rays keep wasting.

CLEARWATER — Tracey Fritzinger has seen Tim Tebow play baseball a few times this year. The 40-year-old St. Petersburg resident went to two of his games against the Tampa Yankees, along with Joy, her little sister from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.